More than 1 billion and half of international tourists travel to all continents of the world every year.
Find out here which are the most popular and visited countries in the world according to the World Tourism Organization data.
The statistical data is valid vor 2019 year. For 2020 the data will become available in the first quarter of 2021. Obviously, the rating will undergo considerable changes following the impact of the Covid pandemic. Follow this article and our blog to stay up to date.
Traditionally the first three most popular countries are France, Spain and the United States of America.
Most dynamically growing number of tourists arrivals is in Thailand, mostly conditioned by the massive expansion of Asian low cost carriers and the reduction of airline tickets prices.
The 100 most visited countries in the world
# | Country | Region | Tourists/year |
---|---|---|---|
1 | France | Western Europe | 89,400,000 |
2 | Spain | Southern Europe | 82,773,000 |
3 | United States | Northern America | 79,618,000 |
4 | China | Eastern Asia | 62,900,000 |
5 | Italy | Southern Europe | 62,146,000 |
6 | Turkey | Western Asia | 45,768,000 |
7 | Mexico | Central America | 41,447,000 |
8 | Germany | Western Europe | 38,881,000 |
9 | Thailand | South-Eastern Asia | 38,277,000 |
10 | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | 36,316,000 |
11 | Japan | Eastern Asia | 31,192,000 |
12 | Austria | Western Europe | 30,816,000 |
13 | Greece | Southern Europe | 30,123,000 |
14 | Hong Kong | Eastern Asia | 29,263,000 |
15 | Malaysia | South-Eastern Asia | 25,832,000 |
16 | Russia | Eastern Europe | 24,551,000 |
17 | Portugal | Southern Europe | 22,800,000 |
18 | Canada | Northern America | 21,134,000 |
19 | Poland | Eastern Europe | 19,623,000 |
20 | Netherlands | Western Europe | 19,014,000 |
21 | Macau | Eastern Asia | 18,493,000 |
22 | India | Southern Asia | 17,427,000 |
23 | Hungary | Eastern Europe | 17,152,000 |
24 | Croatia | Southern Europe | 16,645,000 |
25 | United Arab Emirates | Western Asia | 15,920,000 |
26 | Vietnam | South-Eastern Asia | 15,498,000 |
27 | South Korea | Eastern Asia | 15,347,000 |
28 | Saudi Arabia | Western Asia | 15,293,000 |
29 | Singapore | South-Eastern Asia | 14,673,000 |
30 | Ukraine | Eastern Europe | 14,207,000 |
31 | Czech Republic | Eastern Europe | 13,665,000 |
32 | Indonesia | South-Eastern Asia | 13,396,000 |
33 | Morocco | Northern Africa | 12,289,000 |
34 | Denmark | Northern Europe | 11,743,000 |
35 | Switzerland | Western Europe | 11,715,000 |
36 | Egypt | Northern Africa | 11,346,000 |
37 | Taiwan | Eastern Asia | 11,067,000 |
38 | South Africa | Southern Africa | 10,472,000 |
39 | Ireland | Northern Europe | 10,338,000 |
40 | Bulgaria | Eastern Europe | 9,273,000 |
41 | Australia | Oceania | 9,246,000 |
42 | Belgium | Western Europe | 9,154,000 |
43 | Tunisia | Northern Africa | 8,299,000 |
44 | Iran | Southern Asia | 7,295,000 |
45 | Philippines | South-Eastern Asia | 7,129,000 |
46 | Sweden | Northern Europe | 7,054,000 |
47 | Argentina | South America | 6,942,000 |
48 | Brazil | South America | 6,621,000 |
49 | Dominican Republic | Americas, Caribbean | 6,569,000 |
50 | Norway | Northern Europe | 6,252,000 |
51 | Cambodia | South-Eastern Asia | 6,201,000 |
52 | Chile | South America | 5,723,000 |
53 | Slovakia | Eastern Europe | 5,415,000 |
54 | Albania | Southern Europe | 5,340,000 |
55 | Georgia | Western Asia | 4,757,000 |
56 | Cuba | Americas, Caribbean | 4,684,000 |
57 | Kyrgyzstan | Central Asia | 4,568,000 |
58 | Slovenia | Southern Europe | 4,425,000 |
59 | Peru | South America | 4,419,000 |
60 | Bahrain | Western Asia | 4,372,000 |
61 | Jordan | Western Asia | 4,150,000 |
62 | Israel | Western Asia | 4,121,000 |
63 | Cyprus | Southern Europe | 3,939,000 |
64 | Colombia | South America | 3,898,000 |
65 | Laos | South-Eastern Asia | 3,770,000 |
66 | New Zealand | Oceania | 3,686,000 |
67 | Myanmar | South-Eastern Asia | 3,551,000 |
68 | Uruguay | South America | 3,469,000 |
69 | Estonia | Northern Europe | 3,234,000 |
70 | Finland | Northern Europe | 3,221,000 |
71 | Puerto Rico | Americas, Caribbean | 3,068,000 |
72 | Andorra | Southern Europe | 3,042,000 |
73 | Costa Rica | Central America | 3,017,000 |
74 | Kazakhstan | Central Asia | 2,991,000 |
75 | Lithuania | Northern Europe | 2,825,000 |
76 | Romania | Eastern Europe | 2,797,000 |
77 | Azerbaijan | Western Asia | 2,606,000 |
78 | Malta | Southern Europe | 2,599,000 |
79 | Zimbabwe | Eastern Africa | 2,567,000 |
80 | Jamaica | Americas, Caribbean | 2,473,000 |
81 | Algeria | Northern Africa | 2,451,000 |
82 | Ecuador | South America | 2,429,000 |
83 | Oman | Western Asia | 2,372,000 |
84 | Iceland | Northern Europe | 2,344,000 |
85 | Sri Lanka | Southern Asia | 2,334,000 |
86 | Belarus | Eastern Europe | 2,142,000 |
87 | Montenegro | Southern Europe | 2,077,000 |
88 | Ivory Coast | Western Africa | 1,965,000 |
89 | Lebanon | Western Asia | 1,964,000 |
90 | Latvia | Northern Europe | 1,946,000 |
91 | Uganda | Eastern Africa | 1,850,000 |
92 | Qatar | Western Asia | 1,819,000 |
93 | Nicaragua | Central America | 1,787,000 |
94 | Guatemala | Central America | 1,781,000 |
95 | Panama | Central America | 1,779,000 |
96 | Serbia | Southern Europe | 1,711,000 |
97 | El Salvador | Central America | 1,677,000 |
98 | Armenia | Western Asia | 1,652,000 |
99 | Bahamas | Americas, Caribbean | 1,627,000 |
100 | Guam | Oceania, Micronesia | 1,552,000 |